From the archives: The 2011 Pulaski tornado
On April 8, 2011, the most destructive tornado in the history of the New River Valley descended on the southwest part of the town of Pulaski, damaging hundreds of homes, causing more than $5 million in property damage and injuring eight people.
The tornado that hit the town of Pulaski on April 8, 2011, caused damage to at least 300 homes with a total property damage of more than $5 million. There were eight injuries, but no fatalities.
A house on South Jefferson Avenue in Pulaski has a flag flying from the mailbox.
David Pennington takes some of his belongings from his house on S. Jefferson Avenue in Pulaski.
The window and brick side of a house sits on the ground after the April 8, 2011 tornado in Pulaski. Severe damage to homes was reported in the Pulaski and Draper areas of Pulaski County.
Large trees were snapped in two after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
The steeple of the Midaway Church of God of Prophecy sits on the ground after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
72-year-old Bobby Dunford looks at the damage to his neighbors’ house after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski. Bobby, whose house was damaged as well, was able to help save his neighbor, Sara Edwards, with the help of another neighbor.
11-year-old Christian Waller walks past his great-grandfather Bobby Dunford's Bonneville convertible that was crushed by a neighbor's roof after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
Cars and houses were heavily damaged after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
The tornado in Pulaski on April 8, 2011, uprooted a stop sign off of Greenbriar Road in Draper. Severe damage to homes was reported in the Pulaski and Draper areas of Pulaski County after a tornado earlier Friday evening, local officials and the National Weather Service said.
Pedestrians avoid downed power lines in Pulaski after a tornado struck the are on April 8, 2011.
A street sign lays on the ground after a tornado in Pulaski on April 8, 2011.
The April 8, 2011, tornado damaged homes off Mount Olivet Road in Pulaski County.
Damage caused by a tornado that struck Pulaski on April 8, 2011.
A tornado on April 8, 2011, uprooted Draper and I-81 signs off of Greenbriar Road in Draper.
Shaunee Garner cleans up damage at her home on Pulaski Street in Pulaski on April 10, 2011.
A heavily damaged home in Pulaski following the tornado on April 8, 2011.
A home blew off its foundation on Bertha Street in Pulaski, owned by Tom Cooper, who was fixing it up as a rental house.
Bystanders look over the BP station in Draper after a tornado on April 8, 2011.
Damage from a tornado that struck Pulaski on April 8, 2011.
The Gray family backyard on Lake Street in Pulaski, the day after a tornado stuck their neighborhood on April 8, 2011. The home and neighborhood was heavily damaged by the tornado.
Donna Gray, right, points out details of kitchen repair work to her husband Jeff Gray, left, on Lake Street in Pulaski on June 21, 2011. The home was heavily damaged by a tornado that stuck their neighborhood April 8.
Neighbors family and friends help clean tornado damage at a home in Draper, including this workshop that was totally destroyed.
Cars and houses near Jefferson Street were heavily damaged after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
Snowville Fire Department fire fighter Justin Whiting sweeps debris from Jefferson Street after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
FEMA workers interview residents of homes on Martin Avenue in Pulaski on April 11, 2011, to determine damages following the tornado that swept through the town on April 8.
Cars and houses were heavily damaged after a tornado on April 8, 2011, in Pulaski.
Damage from the April 8, 2011, tornado that swept through Pulaski.
Jerry Summers with Blue Ridge Propane works to remove a propane tank from a damaged home off Mount Olivet Road in Pulaski County on April 11, 2011.
Neighborhoods were severely damaged by a tornado that swept through Pulaski on April 8, 2011.
